Title
Man's cloth
Year/Period
Late 19th-early 20th century
Region
Timor, Lesser Sunda Islands
Dimension
Object size: L142.5 x W63.5 cm
Accession No.
1997-04240
Collection of
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Andy Ng
This textile would have been worn wrapped around the hips or waist. It features a striped centrefield flanked by two rows of rhomb and hook motifs which may reflect the influences of Dong Son culture, a prehistoric civilisation which originated in north Vietnam. It has been suggested that local mythology traces such motifs to a stylised lizard head, thus linking the lizard cult and period of Dong Son influence.
